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by refulgentis 718 days ago
which is exactly what Perplexity did. I am saying this out loud because it'll be a few years before people wrap their mind around the circus over there. not because its awesome.

1) pay google scraper api (~1000 searches/$1)

2) run the crappiest llm people won't notice is crap

3) vc dollars

4) buy users by any means necessary

5) rope some earnest people into $40/month

rinse, lather, repeat